{"product_id":"the-sweetness-of-power-machiavellis-discourses-and-guicciardinis-considerations-hardback-9780875802886","title":"The Sweetness of Power; Machiavelli's Discourses and Guicciardini's Considerations (Hardback) 9780875802886","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sweetness of Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMachiavelli's Discourses and Guicciardini's Considerations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli (Author), Francesco Guicciardini (Author), David Sices (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875802886\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best account of Machiavelli's main intention in writing the \u003ci\u003eDiscorsi\u003c\/i\u003e, far surpassing all English editions.\u003c\/p\u003e - Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question of order inspired two of the greatest political thinkers of the Renaissance—Niccoló Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, whose major works on the nature of government are linked in an authoritative new translation. Political adversaries but nonetheless friends, Machiavelli and Guicciardini both reflected on ancient Rome and refined their conceptions of government with an eye to the political turmoil of their own Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on the definitive Italian editions and including extensive explanatory notes, this new translation recreates the fascinating conflict that helped to shape the history of political thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Niccoló Machiavelli's Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy\u003cbr\u003e Francesco Guicciardini's Considerations of the \"Discourses\" of Niccoló Machiavelli\u003cbr\u003e Works Consulted\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584740684056,"sku":"9780875802886","price":28.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sweetness-of-power-machiavellis-discourses-and-guicciardinis-considerations-hardback-9780875802886","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}